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CVS files federal lawsuit seeking $400M in tax refunds

Industries 11/27/2023

WOONSOCKET – CVS Health Corp. has filed a lawsuit against the U.S. seeking a refund of federal income taxes to the tune of more...

UPS reaches tentative contract with 340K unionized workers, potentially dodging calamitous...

Business Services 07/25/2023

NEW YORK (AP) – UPS has reached a tentative contract agreement with its 340,000-person-strong union, potentially averting a strike that threatened to disrupt logistics nationwide...

4 R.I. companies reach 2023 Fortune 500 list

Capital Goods 06/07/2023

PROVIDENCE – Four Rhode Island companies have made the 2023 Fortune 500 list. CVS Health Corp. was ranked sixth after taking the fourth spot in...

CVS pharmacists now allowed to prescribe antiviral treatment against COVID-19

Health Services 11/17/2022

WOONSOCKET – Pharmacists at more than 9,000 CVS Pharmacy locations can now prescribe Paxlovid, the antiviral treatment against COVID-19, in the first program of...

CVS’ Lynch at women’s summit: ‘They underestimated me’

Economic Activity 04/27/2022

SMITHFIELD – Heading a multibillion-dollar health care company during the height of the pandemic isn’t for the faint of heart. But Karen S. Lynch rose...

CVS aims to hire 25K nationwide, more than 200 in R.I.

Economic Activity 09/20/2021

PROVIDENCE – CVS Health Corp. is holding a national career event in an attempt to hire for 25,000 clinical and retail jobs in the...

DLT: 536 R.I. companies, 186K workers subject to Biden vaccine/test requirement

Coronavirus 09/10/2021

PROVIDENCE – Fewer than 2% of private state employers would be subject to the new vaccine and testing mandates announced by the Biden administration,...

Many Rhode Island businesses are struggling with the question of whether to enforce a vaccine requirement on their employees, asking how such a policy could impact their bottom line, and whether it would be worth it with all the potential complications it could cause within the workforce. / AP FILE PHOTO / TED S. WARREN

Many Rhode Island companies struggle with question of vaccine mandates

Coronavirus 08/30/2021

PROVIDENCE – Many Rhode Island businesses are struggling with the question of whether to enforce a COVID-19 vaccine requirement on their employees, asking how...